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Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has accused football authorities of prioritising revenue over player welfare in a damning assessment of the global football calendar. Courtois, 29, was speaking after his country lost 2-1 against European champions Italy in UEFA’s Nations League third-place play-off on Sunday – a match he described as “pointless” in the build-up. Both countries made a number of changes to ...

Jamie Redknapp says the laws of the game surrounding offside need addressing after Kylian Mbappe’s contentious goal decided the Nations League final in France’s favour on Sunday. Spain took the lead when Mikel Oyarzabal latched on to a long pass from Sergio Busquets, held off Dayot Upamecano and fired into the bottom corner. The French response was swift, however, with ...

World champions, France have been crowned the second-ever UEFA Nations League winners after bouncing back from a goal down to claim a 2-1 victory over Spain at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. In a similar fashion as was in the semifinals last Thursday against Belgium, the French went behind but later turned the deficit upside to win after ...

Eric Ofosuhene and Leticia Amponsah Mensah were too on the course for their competitors to handle as they reign supreme on the at the Bok Nam Kin golf course at the Air Force Officers Mess on Saturday after the final MTN 2021 Invitational Golf Tournament. After a tough competition which saw about 88 top golfers exhibiting the stuff they are ...

KGL Foundation, a subsidiary of the KGL Group, has come to the aid of juvenile football development, spearheaded by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Speaking at the agreement signing event, Executive Chairman of KGL Group, Mr. Alex Dadey, disclosed that the KGL Foundation has been set up as a single-purpose vehicle to drive all corporate social responsibility activities of the ...

ll parties are hopeful an announcement can be made today confirming the takeover of NewcastAle United. Sky Sports News has been told the Saudi-led consortium, the Premier League and Newcastle are working hard to get the deal completed and announced as soon as possible. There was hope and speculation it was going to be announced on Wednesday night but certain ...

Italy’s world-record 37-game unbeaten run came to an end as Spain beat them in an enthralling encounter at the San Siro to reach the Nations League final. Albeit in Uefa’s secondary tournament, Spain got a measure of revenge for their Euro 2020 semi-final penalty shootout defeat by eventual winners Italy at Wembley. Manchester City’s Ferran Torres scored Spain’s goals in ...

Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach and renowned Ghanaian football scout, Didi Dramani has urged coaches in the second-tier league to take a keen interest in the emerging trends in scouting around the globe to help unearth more talent and develop them into world-class players. Coach Dramani was speaking at a seminar on scouting, sports science and social media management for ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has paid an emotional tribute to Jose Semedo following the sudden death of his long time friend’s wife. Semedo’s wife Soraia, 34, suffered from health complications as a result of an infection before she suddenly passed away at the age of 34 on Thursday morning. Ronaldo and Semedo’s friendship goes back to their days together at Sporting Lisbon’s ...

Manchester United’s owners have put up another 9.5m shares, with a value of $186.86m (£137.12m), for sale. United notified the New York Stock Exchange of the sale on Tuesday evening, in the names of club directors Kevin Glazer and Edward Glazer. The statement makes it clear the club “will not receive any proceeds from the sale”. It comes five months ...